by Jason AnkenyLaunching his decades-long collaboration with director Robert Zemeckis, Alan Silvestri's breakthrough score Romancing the Stone remains one of the composer's most appealing works, deftly evoking the film's swashbuckling adventure minus the relentless sensory assault that overwhelms so many of his action soundtracks. As a buffer against the inevitable comparisons to John Williams' scores for the Indiana Jones series, Silvestri eschews over-the-top orchestration in favor of a lighter, jazz-influenced approach that underscores the picture's elements of comedy and romance. The end result is a pitch-perfect balance between suspense and sophistication.